Ye Qian stood calmly to the side, observing the others.
After more than twenty people had finished opening their stones, she summarized some of her observations and decided to try it herself.
"From a probability standpoint, the higher-grade stones may be more expensive, but they also have a higher ceiling. Besides, even if many high-grade stones fail, they may still yield items of relatively acceptable value."
Ye Qian found it hard to say which stones were good, because even the worst kind could potentially yield items surpassing those from higher-quality stones.
If she could discover the pattern behind them, she could identify the high-grade goods among countless stones.
She watched for a while and noticed that one fine-quality stone gave off a faint white glow. When Mystic Thread entered it, she could not clearly identify what was inside, but the unusual energy seemed somewhat different.
Clearly, this stone had a high chance of containing a valuable core.
So she walked over and tapped it.
"How much for this one?"
Seeing that the girl was interested, the shopkeeper immediately said excitedly, "Beautiful young lady, have you taken a liking to this fine-quality stone? One hundred and twenty gold coins, fixed price, fair to young and old alike."
A fixed price meant no bargaining.
Ye Qian considered it, then waved her hand. A small gold brick appeared in her palm.
Honestly, gold was valuable, but after traveling through so many worlds, it was nothing much to her. The main issue was that the gold in this world contained energy, much like the silver coins used to recruit Berserkers. It had its own unique properties.
So Ye Qian did not have much gold that met those conditions.
Fortunately, this small gold brick weighed 2.4 kilograms, which was truly nothing among her reserves.
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